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Duel (S)

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Original title: Duel
Year: 1997
Running time: 7 min.
Country: Czech Republic
Director: Pavel Koutský
Screenwriter: Pavel Koutský
Cast: Animation
Music: Petr Skoumal
Cinematography: Animation, Zuzana Bukovinska
Producer: Co-production Czech Republic-Canada;
Anifilm s.r.o, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Animation | Satire. Stop Motion. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: At birth a child is placed on an assembly line that symbolizes the passage of time. Objects representing knowledge - books, magazines and printed materials, videocassettes and compact discs - twirl around him. Suddenly, two hands fasten a funnel on his head. From now on, all the information that reaches him will be sorted, grated or shredded. The child grows up and his thirst for knowledge annoys the censors. They want to make him a model citizen, like the others who come off the assembly line. Outraged, the young man begins an unrelenting duel with the censors. Attacked by an army of cutting tools, he counterattacks by bombarding the enemy with huge quantities of information. The army of scissors beats a retreat. Ecstatic, the young man has won the first battle in his struggle for freedom of expression. But crouching in their corner, the scissors are still a threat... An animated film without words for twelve to seventeen year olds.

Awards: 1997: Anima Mundi Animation Festival: Audience Award

1997: Chicago International Children's Film Festival: Adult's Jury Award

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Duel (S)

1997

Pavel Koutský

6.3

(280)